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Lesson Planning Ideas and Theme Links for ESL and SDAIE http://esl.about.com/cs/teachingresources/index.htm This site is offered by instructor Kenneth Beare and offers a variety of lesson plans and resources for the following levels of English language development: beginning, intermediate and advanced. http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Lessons/ Lessons, Lesson Plans & Handouts for the ESL Classroom From The Internet TESL Journal http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/ Lesson Plan Ideas K-8 Scholastic http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/teachstrat/manylanguages.htm Lesson plans for Langauge Arts http://teacher.scholastic.com/immigrat/index.htm Stories of Today and Yesterday: Immigration Scholastic site offers a virtual website that allows for virtual field trips to Ellis Island, oral histories, scrap book pages and much more! http://teacher.scholastic.com/ilp/index.asp Content Index for Lesson Ideas and Themes: Scholastic http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/teacher/index.htm Mrs. Frizzle’s Magic School Bus Site Amigos Networking Site http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/reproducibles/instructor/cyberhunt /0010/index.htm Cyberhunt on Bat Information/Resources http://www.english.unitecnology.ac.nz/resources/units/deep/home.html Destination Deep: Comprehensive Unit website. This is the Unit plan on Ocean. Uses specific language arts strategies. (Example of a web-learning environment) http://www.english.unitecnology.ac.nz/resources/units/deep/mural.html Class mural from Destination Deep study above (sample of mural) ESL//SDAIE Activities and Ideas Links http://coe.sdcu.edu/people/lmora/MoraModules/ Site offers theoretical foundations of Bilingual Education and L2 Education, Thematic Unit and Lesson planning for CLAD instruction, Literacy instruction, Proposition 227, and Dr. Mora’s Course syllabi. http://a4esl.org/
ESL strategies and activities module introduced by Professor Jill Mora of San Diego State University. http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/letsnet/frames/bigideas/b2/index.html Article on student teamwork and collaboration. Also includes links offering examples of collaborative student K-12 projects. http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/c/games.html Games and Activites for ESL classroom http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/teachstrat/connectcultures.htm Connect with Kids and Parents of Different Cultures article and resources http://www.csupomona.edu/~tassi/sdaie.htm. SDAIE Handbook: Techniques, Strategies, and Suggestions for Teachers of LEP and Former LEP Students. http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/questions/ Questions and Conversation Ideas for Second Language Classroom http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/c/webidea.html ESL websites and recommendations ELD and ESL Websites or Websites that address a variety of proficiency levels www.rong-chang.com This website has a wealth of links offering daily lesson plans for all age levels including use of New York Times, games, etc. Various lesson plans available which are designed for reading, writing, grammar and listening. Also has Divice Player to listen to stories and conversations on-line. http://members.aol.com/Jakajk/ESLLessons.html# Offers some good ELD lessons (+3/5 rating) http://coe.sdsu.edu/people/jmora/MoraModules/ELDinstruction.htm. This site is a resource for ELD teachers as well as any person in search for ELD lessons and strategies. http://coe.sdcu.edu/people/lmora/MoraModules/ Site offers theoretical foundations of Bilingual Education and L2 Education, Thematic Unit and Lesson planning for CLAD instruction, Literacy instruction, Proposition 227, and Dr. Mora’s Course syllabi. http://coe.sdsu.edu/people/jmora/Pages/4x4Guidelines.htm SDAIE guidlines http://www.everythingESL.net/ 98 downloadable activities, 31 lesson plans and 45 resource picks. Content based ELD lessons! Very useful! Great ideas for entire Thematic Units!
www.englishlearner.com Provides weekly English Learner Lessons from beginner to advance, as well as quizzes. Links to other ESL websites, ESL Book sources are offered too. http://www.liks2go.com?topic/English_As_a_Second_Language Site offers a lot of ideas to use with L2 students. Site is. not only for teachers, but students too! Games, books, activities, grammar, jobs, lesson plans, etc. http://iteslj.org The Internet of TESL Journal. Offers 5,000 links for ESL teachers and students! http://www.kagi.com/perlingua/ Site list ESL software recommendations. http://www.balard-tighe.com/ideas/index.htm Offers free activities for ELD instruction. Has a website index with many topics. http://members.tripod.com/~ESL4kids/tips.html Lots of tips on how to foster reading within ESL classroom and also how to relax! http://kidslangarts.about.com/kids/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm Offers many links for ESL students. Contains self-study quizzes, word puzzles, vocabulary, sites with sounds, songs, dictionaries and much more! Pizzazz: http://darkwing.uoregon.ed/~leslieob/pizzaz.html This site is designed to get students to write! (i.e. poetry, stories, etc.) (Diane gave it a +8/10) www.eslcafe.com Dave’s ESL Café: Offers many strategies, lessons, and ways to organize classroom. (A few don’t make a lot of sense, so read with caution.) Dana Woods has published in this one too! Check out the “Idea Cookbook”! Highly recommend site for getting “seed” ideas. Lots of community building activities and beginning of the year ones too.
